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Film appreciation course opens to Pakistanis
The immensely popular film appreciation course organised by NFAI and FTII, has now been opened to candidates from Pakistan.
According to NFAI director K.S. Sasidharan, Ajmal Kamal, editor of a Karachi-based film magazine, is set to become the first Pakistani participant in the 30-year history of the film appreciation course.
The course starts on May 15 this year. Sasidharan said that the ministry of external affairs has cleared Kamal's visit, subject to his selection.
This is a clear sign that diplomatic and cultural relations between the two countries are heading in a healthy direction. It also reflects the growing interest in Indian cinema in Pakistan, he adds.
The course gives participants a taste of the best of Indian and world cinema. Around 100 classics ��� fiction, non-fiction, documentary and children s films ��� are screened.
A nod in the direction of current filmmaking trends has added digital films, animated films and cartoons to this list.There are lectures on the history of Indian and world cinema, as well as classes on film theory and the different approaches to analysing films.
Filmmakers screen their work during the course and discuss it with audiences. P.K. Nair, former director,NFAI points out that the course represents the richness of the cinematic medium.
It includes a session on popular cinema which screens a hit film of the year and analyses its ingredients. "We started this course in the 1970s to make the public familiar with the language of cinema.
Exposing audiences to a wide range of films broadens their vision." Satish Bahadur, former professor, FTII, is one of the pioneers of the course. He stresses that the course is not meant to teach filmmaking, but to direct participants to study film as an art form.
Familiar names who have attended the course include Ashutosh Gowariker (in his pre-Lagaan days) and actresses Anita Kanwar, Deepti Naval and Neena Gupta. The selection process for 2006 is in full swing. The list of participants will be finalised in a couple of weeks.
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